Africa: The Incontestable Power of the T-Shirt

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It is one of the most universally worn and versatile pieces - people sleep, work, exercise in it and dress it up or down depending on the occasion, and many times in our history it has been worn as a symbol of protest.

The humble T-shirt only made its appearance less than a century ago, mainly thanks to the military. In the late 1800s, British sailors began wearing white flannel T-shirts under their uniform, transforming the less comfortable onesie-style underwear that was in vogue at the time. The practice soon spread to the United States.

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